Barbara Brugnoli, Lorenzo Salvati, Nicoletta Di Lauria, Annarita Botta, Camilla Tozzetti, Alessandro Biscarini, Manuela Capone, Filomena Ferrentino, Chiara Naldi, Giovanni Ascione, Alessio Mazzoni, Laura Maggi, Ilaria Campo, Brenna Carey, Bruce Trapnell, Francesco Liotta, Lorenzo Cosmi, Alessandro Bartoloni, Francesco Annunziato, Paola Parronchi, Boaz Palterer
Infections that are unusually severe or caused by opportunistic pathogens are a hallmark of primary immunodeficiency (PID). Anti-cytokine autoantibodies (ACA) are an emerging cause of acquired immunodeficiency mimicking PID. Nocardia spp. are Gram-positive bacteria generally inducing disseminated infections in immunocompromised patients, but seldom also occurring in apparently immunocompetent hosts. Anti-GM-CSF autoantibodies are associated with autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP). In those patients, an increased incidence of disseminated nocardiosis and cryptococcosis has been observed...
February 20, 2024: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases